The Manchester Lean Startup Group is a group of entrepreneurs who learn from each other by trading stories about employing the Lean Startup principles within their startups. Lean Startups use customer development to reduce waste, reduce time to market, increase contact with customers and avoid incorrect market assumptions. They do this by employing a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. Learn More about Le …

We meet for some startup talk over coffee/tea/breakfast on the last Wednesday of every month. Startup Brew is a place where you can meet other entrepreneurs and like-minded people.

This is a meetup for startups and people interested in the startup scene in Oxford. It is particularly intended to help people inside and outside the universities meet up. It is focused on software startups but everyone is welcome.

A day long workshop to not only discuss ideas for new Startups but to take the first steps in developing real viable products that could form the basis of a new company that sells really solutions or products into a market that wants them. This is a hands on session for people looking to take steps towards founding an innovative product or solution. At the end of the day there's no need to commit to any ideas that grow on the day, but those who want to take an idea further are encourage to take …

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

A meetup after work for startups every Friday! TechBasin Beers is a regular after work drinks for startups every Friday around Manchester's Tech Basin! Founded by Doug Ward and Shaun Gibson from Tech Britain, TechBasin Beers is open to startups of all sizes as a place to meet like-minded people, have some fun and relax after another busy week in the North West. 5:30pm, in the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly Basin TechBasin Beers is held every Friday evening, from 5:30pm at a different venue in a …

A place for like minded people to meet casually and share stories about the ups and downs of starting and running a business. I am creating this group so we can all bounce ideas between each other. There will be a meetup on the first Wednesday of every month after work between 6pm to 8pm-ish. It costs peanuts to run a group on here and I am planning on using local pubs as venues so there will be no charge to participate.

Silicon Valley has inspired a number of tech hubs across the globe. You’ve got Silicon Alley (New York), Silicon Hills (Texas) and closer to home Silicon Roundabout and Silicon Fen. And now joining them: Silicon Canal. Silicon Canal is a very informal drinks meetup, just about getting a load of like-minded people involved with tech startups/digital stuff in Birmingham together. No agenda, just a good time & the chance to catch up with friends/colleagues/some new faces. We meet on the first Thurs …

There are many networking events in london for tech people but none outside. In & around St Albans as well as Hertfordshire there are many IT companies of all shapes & sizes so I thought I'd create a meetup for us! I am looking for the group to consist of proactive people that are looking to achieve great things for their business using technology. The group will be what we make it! This meet up aims to be a platform that allows people to bounce ideas off one another, collaborate, discus …

BathSPARK brings together people of Bath who work in tech. It aims to create opportunity, encourage diversity and spark new ventures. Coder meet Creative. Creative meet entrepeneur. Entrepreneur meet talented graduate. This is social networking (for real) with local digital people enjoying a drink, and talking about what they love.

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to fil …

Dedicated to start-ups, the place to find the information you need to create and run a start-up in Swindon. Do you have an idea to start a business? Had a business for longer but are interested in starting up a new project within that business? What to chat about your idea with like minded people? Just want to see what business's are bubbling under in Swindon. - So, who's this group for? Anyone thinking of starting or at the head of a current business in and around Swindon. Come along to the in …

Make connections with other innovators & disruptors. Share experiences, ideas, tips and best practice about innovation, design, creativity and entrepreneurship. All business professionals welcome - managers, entrepreneurs, designers, developers, marketers, community leaders and business leaders.

nReduce is a global community of founders giving each other feedback and support to help them build a better company. Our local groups are open to all founders and are designed to be very effective at helping founders get feedback on their ideas. The local meetings are also a great place to meet teams you may want to collaborate with on nReduce.com

Do you have an idea for a new Book, Movie or Product but lack the fund to get the idea off the ground?.. How about turning your idea into a Kickstarter Project? Kickstarter is a great way for people with ideas for a real life product such as a Book, Movie, Computer Game, Consumer Product, etc to get to market. You create a web page that tells people what your idea is, tell them how much money you need to make the idea become reality and they pledge money to help make it happen. If the pledge rea …

The Apéro Entrepreneurs are informal meetups on the first Thursday of each month for entrepreneurs only . As the name suggests, the atmosphere will be relaxed but it is also a good opportunity to network (don't forget to bring your business cards!)

South West Founders is a monthly meet-up for people based in the South-West who have been, are, or want to be tech start-up founders. We aim to connect local entrepreneurs with co-founders and other like-minded people as well as tech investors to create an informal support network. We welcome entrepreneurs and tech investors with open arms, but discourage freelancers, consultants, lawyers and other service providers unless they have a genuine interest in founding or mentoring start-up businesses …

Welcoming all Entrepreneurs and Investors in Monmouthshire & surrounding areas! Entrepreneurs meetup Monmouth is a community of entrepreneurs at any level whether you are just thinking about starting your first business or you are an experienced business owner. If you are an Entrepreneur looking for connections, know-how and inspiration you have come to the right place. Entrepreneurs Meetup Monmouth is a new group aiming to connect like minded entrepreneurs, share knowledge, brainstorm creative …

Clear Books provides online accounting for small businesses. We make accounting easy, straight forward and as pain free as possible with our clear and simple software. We do more than that though ... we also host an awesome network of small businesses from various industries! The Clear Books community is made up of our inspiring customer base who are looking to connect with like minded entrepreneurs and businesses! You don't have to be a Clear Books customer to come along to this event as this e …

Join us if you would like to make some valuable contacts and friends, swap skills, learn from each other and share advice through experience. This is a community of like-minded individuals who support each other. Everyone has something to share whether it is their skill or something they have learnt along the way. So please feel welcome and help build this valuable local community!

This is a group for people who either have a start up idea and would like to meet people who would like to get involved with it or for people who are curious about start up companies and would like to get involved but don't have a start up idea. Do you have a great idea - but you don't do anything because you are worried someone will steal your idea or you are simply too busy to do anything. Is it likely you will never do anything about it? If so, this is the meet up group for you. Or are yo …

Business Ideas Network is for small/medium business owners that don't have the time or money to advertise or promote themselves. We will get together and share no-cost and low cost ways to bring your business out of the shadows and into the limelight. You and I both know that promotion = sales = cash in your pocket! This can include online methods such as advertising on Facebook, Twitter and email. Plus off-line methods such as writing to your customers via an old-fashioned letter, vouchers, …

RE.WORK combines entrepreneurship, technology and science to solve some of the world's greatest challenges using emerging technology. We showcase the opportunities of exponentially accelerating technologies and their impact on business and society. Emerging technology is providing an unprecedented era of opportunity for entrepreneurs and scientists to progress business and solve global challenges. Do you know how to leverage new technologies such as the internet of things, sensors, 3D printing, …

This group is for members and visitors to Makespace, a community inventing shed in Cambridge, UK. The meetups are organised by community members both in the space and elsewhere in Cambridge. To tweak your email preferences for the group, please go to http://meetup.makespace.org/settings/ We would love to meet: * Community members, enthusiasts, and educational groups who could benefit from a lab in which to work together, network, socialise, and draw on the expertise of others * People working …

Welcome to the Oxfordshire Small Business Network, a networking group set up by small businesses and start-ups for small businesses and start-ups. This group is dedicated to providing advice, help, support and encouragement for small and start-up businesses in the Oxfordshire area. If you are based in or around Oxford and are new to business ownership, or are already running a small business yourself, or are thinking of starting up your own business, then you've come to the right group for help. …

OpenFlow has the possibility to disrupt the networking industry the way that Virtualization disrupted the server industryl. This is a community where we discuss/innovate and create new start-ups that leverage OpenFlow/SDN.

The Leeds BIZNET Club is for Small Businesses, Business Start-Ups and New Entrepreneurs. It offers FREE advice, help, support, information, knowledge, contacts, inspiration, motivation and regular monthly social business networking opportunities.